Sleeping-eyes for dolls.



O. E. DENIVELLE.

SLEEPING EYVES FOR DOLLS. APPLICATION man 05c. 1'5. 1914.

1,156,761. I Patented Oct. 12,1915.

INVE/VTUH 0H0 E. Der'aivel le A TTOR/VEVS OTTO ERNEST DENIVELLE, 0F MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

SLEEPING-EYES son DOLLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 12, 1915..

Application filed December 15, 1914. SerialNo. 877,363.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO E. 'DENIVELLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented new and Improved Sleeping-Eyes for Dolls, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide new and improved sleeping eyes for dolls, arranged to permit each eye to move into open or closed position independently one of the other. to insure free movement of the eyeballs, and to allow of manufacturing the eyes very economically.

In order to accomplish the result, use is made of eyeballs mounted to turn independently one of the other, ,each eyeball having a balancing weight. Use is also made of metallic sockets cast into the plastic material of the dolls head, each socket having an opening corresponding to the edges of the eyelids. and an eyeball mounted in each socket. Use is further made of an eyeball having a flattened portion, and a disk applied to the said flattened portion and having printed on its face a representation of the irisof the human eye, the portions of the eyeball adjacent the sides of the flat tened portions being painted white and the portion of the eyeball above the flattened portion having a flesh color.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the views;

Figure l is a cross section of a dolls head in upright position and provided with the improved sleeping eyes; Fig. 2 is a like View of the same with the dolls head in horizontal position and the sleeping eyes closed; lf'ig. 3 is a similar view of the same, with the dolls head in forwardly inclined position; Fig. '-l is a'sectional rear elevation of the dolls head on the line 4t of Fig. 1; Fig.5 is a cross section of a portion of the dolls head at one of the eyes and provided with the eyeball socket and the eyeball removed; Fig. 6 is a perspective View of one' the drawings.

ably of metal cast into the material of the head A at the time the latter is in a plastic ing B, that is, to the e ges of'the eyeballs.

Centrally through the two eyeballs D extends a pivot pin E also passing through thesockets C and the side walls thereof so that the eyeballs are securely held in place and the eyeballsD are-axially mounted to turn in the sockets G. The ends of the pin may project beyond the sockets C to be embedded in the plastic material to aid in holding the sockets in place in the head A. Each socket C is slightly in excess of a hemisphere so that the rear portion of each socket is open. Each of the eyeballs D is provided with a counterweightF, preferably in the form of a nail, the angular point of which is driven into the eyeball D so that the nail extends downward, as plainly indicated in It will be noticed that by the arrangement described the counterweight F is free of'the socket C to turn the eyeball D freely in the socket-G whenever the head A is moved from a vertical position into horizontal or inclined position, or vice versa, as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Each of the eyeballs D ispreferably made tion I) on which is pasted or cemented a disk D of paper or like material, and having printed thereon a representation of the iris of the human eye. The portions of each eyeball D to the sides and the bottom of the flattened portion D are provided with a coating of white enamel D and the portion ofthe eyeball 1) above the flattened portion D-.is provided with a coating of flesh color D so that when the eyeballs are in sleeping position, as shown in Fig. 2, then this flesh-coloredportion D extends in the openings B thereby giving a natural appearance to the sleeping eye. The disk D as well as the coatings D, D? are preferably covered with a coating of transparent varnish D to give the desired luster to the eyes. The balancing weight F is so arranged that when the head A. is tilted forward its terminal abuts against the inner face of the head A thus limiting the turning movement of the eyeball D and Without moving the iris out of register with the opening C in'the corresponding socket C (see Fig. 3).'

From the foregoing it Will be seen that by embedding the metallic sockets C in the plastic material of the head A and mounting the Wooden eyeballs D in the said sockets the latter are at all times free'to turn, thus insuring a quick opening and closing movement of the eyes when moving the head A from vertical into horizontal position or vice versa.

. It will also be noticed that by the use of the metallic socket C the shrinking of the plastic material during the setting thereof does not cause a shrinking of the sockets and consequently the eyeballs D are not liable to bind in the sockets.

Having thus described my invention, .ll

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A dolls head provided with eye sockets cast in the' material of the head,- eyeballs mounted to turn 1n said sockets, and a single PIVOt rod upon which said eyeballs are mounted to swing, the ends of said rod embedded in the side Walls of the head and passing. through the socketsland eyeballs, whereby the eyeballs are maintained in proper alinement and position.

2. An eyeball for dolls heads formed of Wood and having a flattened portion and a disk attached to the said flattened portion and having printed on its face a representation of the iris of the human eye.

3. An eyeball for dolls heads formed of Wood and having a flattened portion and a disk attached to the said flattened portion and having printed on its face a representation of the iris of the human eye, the portions of the eyeballsat the sides of the said flattened portion being provided With a coating of White enamel and the portion of the eyeball above the said flattened portion being provided with, a coating of flesh color.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oi two subscribing Witnesses.

' UTTO ERNEST DENIVELLE.

l/Vitnesses:

LAWRENCE B. HOLLER, J12, GEORGE CoRnNER. 

